Re: Call for dictionary

1999-06-30 Thread Alan Susan Mead
-Original Message- From: A.R. (Tom) Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 7:13 AM Subject: Re: Call for dictionary Your proposal - as I understand it - takes care that everybody uses consistent terminology instead of any of the

Re: Call for dictionary

1999-06-30 Thread A.R. (Tom) Peters
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Alan Susan Mead wrote: -Original Message- From: A.R. (Tom) Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] % cut % * The list will not mention terms (acronyms) that don't really have synonyms: for example, you either use "Mail Transfer Agent" or [...] I'm not sure I

SAIR Tests seem to be up ...

1999-06-30 Thread Richard Sharpe
Hi, Well, I found one more problem ... Question 3.3 is: The Command "ls f[si]*.c" will list __. a all '.c' files that start with an 'f', 'fs', or 'fi' b all files in the pwd that start with an f and have an 's' or 'i' between

SAIR Tests seem to be up ...

1999-06-30 Thread Richard Sharpe
Hi, well, the SAIR tests seem to be up. I went and had a look at the sample questions. I am mystified at the testing about ancient events in the first couple of questions. I have also found a mistake (although I must admit to only scoring 14 out of 23 the first time round :-). Here is the

Re: SAIR Tests seem to be up ...

1999-06-30 Thread Richard Sharpe
At 02:35 PM 6/30/99 +0100, James Fidell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Richard Sharpe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): 3.1b Which one of the following is the correct command to store all of the contents of all files in the present working directory (or pwd) into a single new file

Re: Call for dictionary

1999-06-30 Thread alt
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, A.R. (Tom) Peters wrote: On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Alan Susan Mead wrote: Item writing is my vocation and my main concern. :) Regardig the guidelines, you're right; they were drafted some time ago and I revised have them slightly. I would be *VERY* open to input from

Re: SAIR Tests seem to be up ...

1999-06-30 Thread Michael Jang
Richard, I think Richard Stallman is the motivation behind the questions on history. If I understand right, his thinking is that Linux Gurus without a sense of history will fall to the same mistakes made by the Microsofts and even the Apples or the world. Remember, Stallman insists that people

Re: SAIR Tests seem to be up ...

1999-06-30 Thread Chuck Mead
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Forrest Tiffany spewed into the bitstream: 2.5 Jimmy wants to power off his computer. Which of the commands (entered at the command line) will cause his system to shut down and stop? (Choose the BEST Answer) a)shutdown

Re: SAIR Tests seem to be up ...

1999-06-30 Thread Forrest Tiffany
"A.R. (Tom) Peters" wrote: I suppose Sair put rejected questions as examples on the web. I hope for them (not for us) that the quality of their actual exams will be better. I say we take this as an important note. If we put sample questions on the web, make sure we check them carefully for

Re: SAIR Tests seem to be up ...

1999-06-30 Thread Alan Susan Mead
Just to stick in my $0.02 to an audience who will contribute items for LPI, this item makes me ill because: (1) it seems as though multiple interpretations are possible (does 'shutdown' imply 'shutdown -h now'?) (2) the answer is different from what a competent junior/regular sysadmin would do